Random FAQs

For the same reason that we often don’t have enough information to bill you for work dues, we also don’t get the info we’d need to verify who worked on which show. Even when we do get all the info we need from the production, it usually comes far after the show has wrapped. Members usually want to list a credit on their profile much sooner than we are able to, which means you usually beat us to the punch anyway.

Since we can’t say that someone definitely didn’t work on a particular show, we don’t attempt to vet the credits that members enter.

Once you are a member of Local 480, you are welcome to join others. Keep in mind that each local has its own requirements to join and that as long as you are a member of Local 480, you will be responsible for quarterly membership dues.

If you’d rather transfer your membership to another local, you can click here to see how to go about doing that.

If a production needs to fill a position and cannot find any union members, the Local will send an email blast to everyone on the Overflow list, notifying them of the job opportunity. If you are available to take that job, you should reply to the job blast as instructed, and your information will be forwarded on to the production for consideration.

Information about productions is available only to Local 480 members.

Once you are a member of Local 480, you will be able to see the list of productions currently hiring, along with contact information for the productions. You will also receive any job blasts requested by productions (and will have your information forwarded on to productions if you are available to fill a call), and will have access to the jobs board listing of jobs available. All productions are given access to the roster of active 480 members as well.